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PA-GTPI>+2515, Potential Polled and from a VG-2YR donor!
If you are looking for embryos from high ranking cows then take a look at Lot 14 and Lot 23 in the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction. Donor of these embryos is Woodcrest Mogul Pretty, Pretty is a high ranking Mogul daughter with GTPI+2504, NM$+675 and PTAT+2.55 and already scored VG-85-2YR VG-MS. She is the highest daughter of Woodcrest Osmond Porsha VG-86-2YR VG-MS. And Pretty knows how to make good offspring! Recently her Kingboy daughter with GTPI+2629 sold for $26,500 at the International Intrigue Sale!
- Lot 14 IVF Powerball-P x Woodcrest Mogul Pretty VG-85-2YR | Four IVF #1 grade Powerball-P (GTPI+2500) embryos from a GTPI+2504 VG-85-2YR Mogul daughter, backed by a deep maternal line with several generations EX. PA-GTPI>2515 and Potentially POLLED!
- Lot 23 Hotshot x Woodcrest Mogul Pretty VG-85-2YR | Five #1 grade Hotshot embryos from an already VG-85-2YR Mogul daughter with GTPI+2505 and PTAT+2.55! PA-GTPI>+2550 with a very balanced proof!
New donor added for Brigeen Farms
Brigeen Jordan Regina Very Good-88 EX-MS at 3-02 has been added to the lineup of donors for Brigeen Farms. Backed by an EX Bolton and the Convincer Rhonda family, Regina is currently being flushed.
Make an 18th Generation Excellent!
Selling as Lot 25 in the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction is an exciting Type Opportunity. Selling are six #1 grade Contender-Red embryos from the breed's second 17th Generation Excellent Cow, MsCstleholm Race For Gold EX-91!
Boost your Genetic Progam... Huge GTPI and RZG Opportunities!
Add some of the most exciting and potentially chart-topping GTPI and RZG genetics to your herd today! Selling in the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are several embryos lots with PA-GTPI's over +2600G and PA-RZG's as high as +162! CLICK HERE to read more about the exciting lots selling!
New photo of Seagull-Bay Sunline
New photo of the +2616G Halogen daughter, Seagull-Bay Sunline. Selling on the Holstein Plaza Online Embryo Auction are four IVF Hotshot embryos from Sunline, one of the highest flush-age heifers in the breed and backed by the Venture Goldwyn Soup P family. VIEW LOT
Update on Holstein Haplotype associated with HCD
Brattleboro, Vt. (August 3, 2015)...Information on a newly discovered unfavorable haplotype in Holstein cattle, known as haplotype associated with cholesterol deficiency (HCD), will be made available with next week's official genetic evaluation release. Calves who are homozygous for the unfavorable form of the haplotype only survive for a few months after birth. This new haplotype was identified by German researchers and first reported at the July 2015 Interbull meeting. READ MORE
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New Photos ... New Donors for Pineland
New donors have been added to the profile for Pineland Farms, Maine and several new donors photos including Pineland Goldwyn Hemi EX-95 2E and the just fresh Goldwyn senior three-year-old ready for the fall shows Pineland Goldwyn Tiara.
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VOTE for your favorite EPIC daughter!
Choose your favorite EPIC daughter from the contest published in the Summer 2015 edition of Hotspots. Fourteen tremendous Epic daughters from all around the world and owned by Eurogenes and Holstein Plaza members have been selected and the winner will be published in the Autumn 2015 edition and voting ends Sunday, August 23. Follow this link to VOTE. Voting online through Facebook, if you don't have facebook, send the name of the cow by email to info@holsteinplaza.com.
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Final Hours... Willows Edge Tag Sale
It is the final hours of the Willow's Edge Tag Sale... LOG ON NOW to place your bids! The sale will be closing at 11:00 a.m. (CST). Sixty milking cows scored Very Good and Excellent have been tagged from deep maternal lines ... don't miss your chance to get into these tremendous cow families and add an Excellent cow to your herd!